Grading scales

The grade bands a percentage is converted into, and the GES points that go with them.

A grading scale turns a percentage into a grade, a label and — for JHS — a GES point.

The default scale

Every school starts with GES-style A–F banding:

Grade	Range	Label	GES point
A	80–100%	Excellent	1
B	70–79%	Very good	2
C	60–69%	Good	3
D	50–59%	Credit	4
E	40–49%	Pass	5
F	0–39%	Fail	9

Edit any of it — the grade letters, the boundaries, the labels and the points are all yours to set.

Different scales for different sections

A school can run more than one scale. Early years are commonly graded descriptively while JHS runs GES points, and the two need not share bands.

A scale that names no particular programme applies to any class that has no more specific scale of its own.

Set your scales before the first report card of the year, and leave them alone after that. A boundary changed mid-year means Term 1 and Term 2 report cards grade the same percentage differently, and parents compare them.

Bands must cover the range

Bands run from 0 to 100 and should meet without gaps or overlaps. A percentage that falls in a gap has no grade to be given, and a percentage in an overlap has two.

Where grades are used

Grades appear on the gradebook as marks are entered, on the terminal report card, and in the class performance distribution the head teacher reviews before publishing — see Report cards.

Who can edit it

The edit_academics permission.